“Of course, City deserve more, but we’ve such a lot of young players we need time and, in the future, we can be a perfect team.”

City have to travel to Emirates Stadium and Stamford Bridge in their upcoming encounters, but their away form has been impressive this season, with more points collected on the road than at home.

Toure added: “We’ve been very strong away. We have more space and we’re delighted to play in big stadiums because we have the space to play.

“We hope we can take all six points, because this league is so difficult. Teams know how we play at home and always close us down. Most of the time they use the counter-attack. We have to be aware, when we lose the ball, they are going to go fast and counter-attack.